Container Lid
53-1-26B
From: United States of America | Maine
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 53-1-26B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Penobscot |
| Provenience | United States of America | Maine |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Date Made | circa 1850 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Wood |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Round; all joins made with nails; lid is wood covered with birchbark; incised geometric designs (double curve motif). Lid fits flush with box. Lid and body treated as single united - incised, continuous border designs around side of lid and body bottom are geometric and same in pattern. Top of lid also decorated. |
| Height | 3.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger, 1953 |
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